Kei Tomiyama Explained

Kei Tomiyama
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Name:冨山 邦親 (Kunichika Tomiyama)
Birth Date:31 October 1938
Birth Place:Anshan, Fengtian, Manchukuo
Death Place:Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Years Active:1960 - 1995
Agent:Production Baobab

, better known by his stage name, was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator born in Anshan, Manchukuo. He was affiliated with Aoni Production and Production Baobab.

Tomiyama is best known for his roles in Tiger Mask (Naoto Date/Tiger Mask), Space Battleship Yamato (Susumu Kodai), UFO Robo Grendizer (Duke Fleed/Daisuke Umon), the Time Bokan series (Narrator), GeGeGe no Kitarō 3rd Series (Nezumi-Otoko), Chibi Maruko-chan (Tomozō Sakura, Shintarō Honami), and Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Yang Wen-li).

Life

Tomiyama was born on October 13, 1938, in Anshan, Fengtian, Manchukuo (in modern-day China). He dropped out of Nihon University's art department. His first few roles were secondary characters in shows such as Gigantor (1963), Prince Planet (1965), Astro Boy (1965), Oraa Guzura Dado (1967), Speed Racer (1967), Ōgon Bat (1967), Princess Knight (1967), Animal 1 (1968), and Dokachin the Primitive Boy (1968). He was affiliated with multiple talent agencies during his career, including Aoni Production and Production Baobab.

His first starring role was as Sabu in Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae in 1968. He became a popular voice actor with his distinctively tender voice, portraying numerous roles during his career, ranging from heroic to comedic, and young to old.

At 9:07 am on September 25, 1995, Tomiyama suddenly died of pancreatic cancer in Shinjuku, Tokyo at the age of 56. In 2007, he was posthumously awarded the Special Achievement Award at the first Seiyu Awards.

Successors

After Tomiyama's death, numerous voice actors took over his ongoing roles.

In the Harlock Saga, in addition to replacing Tomiyama as Tochiro, Kōichi Yamadera also supplied the voice of Captain Harlock which up to that point was done by Makio Inoue.

Filmography

Television animation

1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s

OVA

Theatrical animation

Video games

Dubbing

Live-action

Animation

Notes and References

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